Hi there welcome and hope your news is good! I had my tumor for much longer than Connie in fact my problem started 5 years ago. It was sensitive and sore and got worse over time - but very slowly. I first went to see my dr. 18 months later (I thought it was a food allergy) my first biopsy came back inflamed tissue - so I breathed a sigh of relief and then set about trying to figure out a cause - it had gotten worse over the last two years progressively so since august of last year. I went to the dr. He sent me for another biopsy and it came back positive, so basically it was just painful. And never healed though it did seem to feel better at times.

I'm not a smoker. Though I know it's a precursor for this kind of cancer. Even if your biopsy comes back negative - keep an eye on it and be persistent if it doesn't heal.

I too had surgery - and radiation. And chemo. Have been done 3 weeks.

Good luck and take care.